The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 1497 Selling the House Privately
Zhang Tao and his mother took his father out of the hospital and took him home to recuperate. As soon as they got home, they found that the key could not open the door.

Zhang's mother tried several times but couldn't get the key into the keyhole.

"It's strange, why can't I get in?"

Zhang's mother thought she had taken the wrong key and tried other keys, but none of them fit in.

"Mom, did you take the wrong key?" Zhang Tao asked while supporting his father.

"This shouldn't be! Why can't this key open the door?" Zhang's mother scratched her head, wondering.

Father Zhang said impatiently: "Aren't the second son and his wife at home? Ask him to open the door."

"The second brother and his wife have to go to work today." Zhang Tao said.

Father Zhang sighed and said, "What should we do?"

"If it doesn't work, call a locksmith." Zhang Tao said helplessly.

Just as Zhang Tao was about to call a locksmith, a man and a woman came over.

"Who are you? Why are you standing at my door?"

The three members of the Zhang family were stunned. Zhang's mother said, "What do you mean by your home? This is my home."

"What do you mean your home? This is my home. I just bought the house and the ownership transfer was completed today." The man took out a property certificate and said.

"What?" Father Zhang had a bad feeling and immediately snatched the property deed.

"What do you want to do? I've called the police." The man insisted.

Father Zhang opened the property certificate and saw that the address on it was indeed his home, but the name of the householder had changed.

"How could this happen?" Zhang Tao also saw the name on the property title.

"Second brother, call him quickly." Father Zhang covered his chest and shouted.

"Dad, don't get excited. You just had surgery. Take care of yourself." Zhang Tao said hurriedly.

"Call." Zhang's father said painfully.

Zhang Tao did not dare to hesitate and called his second brother Zhang Sha, but the line was always busy.

"Who are you and why did you steal our property deeds?" The man couldn't bear it any longer and took out his cell phone to call the police.

"I am the owner of this room. This is the house allocated to our family." Zhang's father said angrily.

The man suddenly realized: "You are the original owner, right? Your son Zhang Sha has already sold the house to me."

Zhang's father said with a dark face: "I am the head of the household, and my son has no right to sell my house."

The man was surprised and asked, "Your son clearly has your authorization letter, otherwise how could we transfer the household registration?"

Mr. Zhang's heart began to ache and his expression became increasingly ferocious.

"Dad." Zhang Tao supported his father and wanted to go into the house and sit down.

The man was also afraid that Zhang's father would die at the doorstep, so he quickly opened the door and let the three people in.

As soon as he entered the house, Zhang's father found that everything in the house was gone, except for large furniture such as sofas and cabinets. Everything that could be moved was moved away.

After Zhang Tao helped his parents sit down, he communicated with the man and found out that his good second brother Zhang Sha actually sold the house at a low price and had just completed the transfer procedures this morning.

From beginning to end, Zhang's father and mother were kept in the dark.

"I won't sell the house." Father Zhang gritted his teeth and tore up the property certificate.

"Hey, are you being unreasonable? I spent real money to buy this house, and now you don't want to sell it!" the man said angrily.

"The house is mine. My son has no right to buy or sell it, and the transfer of ownership is invalid." Zhang's father said painfully.

The man took out a piece of paper and said, "Is your signature on this authorization letter?" Zhang Tao took the paper and found that it was an authorization letter. It clearly stated that Zhang's father authorized his second son Zhang Sha to handle all matters related to the transfer of the house. There was also Zhang's father's autograph at the bottom.

"Dad, did you sign this?" Zhang Tao asked his father while holding the authorization letter.

"It seems to be my handwriting." Zhang's father was also confused. It was indeed his signature on the authorization letter, but he didn't remember signing any authorization.

"Old man, I remember now. When you were in the hospital, the second brother brought a bunch of documents for you to sign."

Zhang's father suddenly realized and said, "It must be the second son who tricked me into signing."

"I don't care who is cheating whom. Anyway, I paid for the house and the transfer procedures are reasonable and legal." The man said firmly:
"You can take the house back if you want, but just give me the payment."

"Bullshit, the house is obviously ours." Zhang's mother said angrily.

The two sides quarreled over the house, and finally the man’s wife called the police, who quickly came to deal with the problem.

Zhang's family thought that when the police arrived, someone would uphold justice, but what they didn't expect was that after learning about the situation, the police instead persuaded Zhang's father to find his second son first.

"Grandpa, your son did receive the money for the house, and the property certificate has been transferred. Legally speaking, the house already belongs to him."

The Zhang family was dumbfounded.

"My suggestion is that you find your son first. If he doesn't want to sell the house, return the money to him. If he wants to sell the house, let your son hand over the sale proceeds." The police analyzed:
"After all, this is a family matter. If you really take it to the police station, not only will your family lose face, but we will also hold you, Zhang Sha, accountable for fraud."

Zhang's father and mother looked at each other and knew that family disgrace should not be made public, so they could not really send their son to prison.

In the end, the Zhang family was asked to leave their house and stood downstairs for a while, not knowing where to go.

"Let's go to the third brother first." Father Zhang took a pill, felt a little better, and said to his wife and son.

The three had no choice but to turn to their youngest son Zhang Lang for help.

Zhang Lang was furious when he learned that his second brother Zhang Sha had secretly sold the house, leaving his parents and eldest brother homeless.

"The second brother is too bold." Zhang Lang said angrily: "I will call him right away."

"It's useless. I've almost broken the second brother and his wife's phone calls, but no one answered." Zhang Tao said helplessly.

"Are we just going to let it go like this?" Zhang Lang said unconvincedly, "The second son is living happily out there with the millions he earned from selling the house, and you want me to take care of the whole family?"

Father Zhang frowned, realizing that his youngest son didn't want to take care of them.

"Zhang Lang, don't forget that the house you live in now belongs to my parents." Zhang Tao said angrily.

Zhang Lang felt a little guilty and said, "That's not what I meant. It's just that there is only one room in the house, how can so many people live there.

Boss, you're divorced and got nothing. You can't live in your brother's house!"

Zhang Tao finally realized that his younger brother didn’t want to take care of his parents, but didn’t want to take care of him!

"Third brother, what do you mean? He is your eldest brother. When you got married, it was your eldest brother who paid for the wedding banquet." Zhang's mother scolded her son.

Zhang Lang muttered, "I have my own difficulties. How can we accommodate five people in such a small house? I haven't dared to tell my wife yet."

Zhang Tao looked at his cowardly younger brother and his elderly and helpless parents, and knew that he was not welcome in this family.

"Dad, Mom, I want to move out!" Zhang Tao said bitterly.

"Boss, where can you live?" Zhang's mother asked with red eyes.

"I'm going to ask my former boss for a job and live in the dormitory temporarily." Zhang Tao said with his head down.

Father Zhang sighed deeply and said, "The most important thing now is to find the second son and get back the money from selling the house!"

"Yes, the second brother is a scumbag. He dared to sell the house privately and absconded with the money. We must catch him." Zhang Lang said angrily.

The Zhang family members looked at each other, all feeling heavy-hearted.